'The discovery of possible planet around Proxima Centauri is very exciting,' Professor Phillip Lubin, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, told Universe Today. 'We were moving at the technically feasible limit of measurement.'įor over a century, astronomers have known about Proxima Centauri and believed it is part of a trinary star system, along with Alpha Centauri A and B. 'Finding small celestial bodies is a lot of hard work,' the source was quoted as saying. Kepler-186f, seen here in an artist's rendering and discovered in 2014 by a team of astronomers including Professor Stephen Kane, is one of more than 200 'exoplanets' that researchers say lie within the 'habitable zone' of their stars and could potentially have lifeĪccording to Der Spiegel's unnamed source, whom they claim was involved with the La Silla team that made the find, this latest discovery was the result of intensive work.
'Never before have scientists discovered a second Earth that is so close by,' it said. 'The still nameless planet is believed to be Earth-like and orbits at a distance to Proxima Centauri that could allow it to have liquid water on its surface - an important requirement for the emergence of life,' said the magazine, quoting anonymous sources. The planet is thought to be in the star's 'habitable zone' - an area around a star in which an orbiting planet's surface could hold liquid water. It is the closest star to our own, which means planet orbiting the star would be the closest exoplanet to Earth.ĭiscovered in 1915, Proxima Centauri is one of three stars in the Alpha Centauri system, a constellation mainly visible from the southern hemisphere. Proxima Centauri is part of the Alpha Centauri star system just 4.2 light years from our own solar system. The still nameless planet is believed to be Earth-like and orbits at a distance to Proxima Centauri that could allow it to have liquid water on its surface - an important requirement for the emergence of life NYPD is currently investigating the incident and has urged anyone with information to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-80 or send messages to the NYPDTips Twitter account or 's impression of an Earth-like exoplanet. He says his turban may have helped cushion the blow and prevented more severe injuries.Īuthorities described the suspect as a medium-built, adult male with short black hair and was last seen wearing all-black attire including a jacket, pants, sneakers and a face mask. Japneet Singh, a community advocate, found the assault especially painful as four Sikhs recently died in the mass shooting in Indianapolis.Īhluwalia suffered minor injuries, including internal bleeding in the head. “In the past few years, hate crimes against Sikh Americans have risen by 200%,” she was quoted as saying. Sikhs Against Asian Hate Crimes and Stop Hate Crime held a rally and a press conference on Saturday at Smokey Park in South Richmond Hill to address the incident, PIX11 reported.Īssemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar, the first Punjabi woman elected to statewide office in New York, condemned the attack, noting that Sikhs are among the most targeted religious groups in the U.S. The Sikh community agrees with the victim that the turban he was wearing motivated the attack and wants the authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime. “Everyone comes to this country with new hope, but now there’s something, other feeling in the mind, like why, I didn’t say anything, why did this happen to me?” “Now I’m feeling scared somehow … Now when I’m going to work, when I’m walking, I have some fear, like maybe someone is coming,” he said. The incident has left him in fear that someone might attack him again. from India three years ago, said he believes he was targeted because of his religious attire, as he was the only one at the scene wearing a turban. I don’t like you.” He then pulled out a hammer from a bucket, struck Ahluwalia’s head “with such intensity,” and fled.Īhluwalia, who immigrated to the U.S. In response, the man said, “You’re not my brother.
The victim recalled that the suspect then spits in his face three times, prompting him to move back and ask, ”Hey brother, what happened?” Ahluwalia, a Sikh man who works as the operations manager of the hotel, confronted a man who was yelling at him and the front desk staff.